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Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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Date: 
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 02:03:05 GMT
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Shiri wrote:

I think most of us would be delighted to live a bit longer than we currently
think is what's achievable. I myself could easily see wanting to go 200 years.

Not to insult or something, but being immortal is much more than 200 years.
It's for eternity. If you can't grasp eternity, think 1 million years. (which
is nothing compared to eternity.)

Not to insult or something but I didn't say that immortality was the
same thing as living for 200 years, I merely said that I could easily
see wanting to go 200 years and that I would like to have a choice about
how long to live rather than a fixed end point.

Being FORCED to live forever would be cruel punishment indeed, as your
snipped examples amply demonstrate.

P.S. Wow, that was a serious letter! Sorry if I over-whelmed you. I think I
over-whelmed myself. :-)

c /over-whelmed/overwhelmed/  OR use whelmed in a sentence by itself.
:-) I imagine you are E2L but in english, one only hyphenates words that
can stand alone and sometimes not even then.

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  Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
 
(...) currently (...) years. (...) (which (...) That makes your point clearer. In that case, I agree. (...) Yes, I am E2L (or ESL), and thanks for the tip. -Shiri (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Not to insult or something, but being immortal is much more than 200 years. It's for eternity. If you can't grasp eternity, think 1 million years. (which is nothing compared to eternity.) Think of this - everybody you know dies. You meet new (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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